intravenous insertion

intravenous insertion,

a nursing intervention from the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) defined as insertion of a needle into a peripheral vein for the purpose of administering fluids, blood, or medications. See also Nursing Interventions Classification.

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insertion [in-ser´shun]

1. the act of implanting, or condition of being implanted.

2. the site of attachment, as of a muscle to the bone that it moves.

3. in genetics, a rare nonreciprocal type of translocation in which a segment is removed from one chromosome and then inserted into a broken region of a nonhomologous chromosome.

airway insertion and stabilization in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as insertion or assisting with insertion and stabilization of an artificial airway. See also artificial airway management.

intravenous (IV) insertion in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as insertion of a needle into a peripheral vein for the purpose of intravenous infusion of fluids, blood, or medications.

thought insertion the delusion that thoughts that are not one's own are being inserted into one's mind.

velamentous insertion attachment of the umbilical cord to the edge of the placenta.